LAPD officers arrest 20-year-old man after standoff in South L.A.

A 20-year-old man is arrested after he barricaded himself in a South Los Angeles apartment. His girlfriend told the Los Angeles Police Department that he had threatened her with a gun, police said.

A 20-year-old man is arrested after he barricaded himself in a South Los Angeles apartment. His girlfriend told the Los Angeles Police Department that he had threatened her with a gun, police said. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Ryan Parker

Man barricades himself in South L.A. apartment after woman accuses him of threatening her with a gun

A 20-year-old man was arrested by police Thursday in South Los Angeles after threatening a woman with a gun and then barricading himself inside an apartment.

The barricade situation happened on Avalon Boulevard near East 108th Street.

The man's girlfriend told police that he had threatened her with a gun while they were having an argument the night before, the Los Angeles Police Department said.

She reported the incident Thursday morning, which is when police responded to the area.